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Roots for Resilience Coastal Communities 

As part of Roots for Resilience, a new pan-Canadian program in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross, we are working with two communities in the Bay St. George area in southwestern Newfoundland. Staff from The Resilience Institute (TRI) and the Canadian Red Cross were invited last October to attend a two-day conference on food security […]

Climate News – Brazil Announces Ambitious and Inspiring Goals for COP30

This year, Brazil will host the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We welcome the inspiring words shared by COP30’s president-designate, His Excellency Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, Secretary for Climate, Energy, and Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Federative […]

Stories of Resilience – Voices from Jasper

Stories of Resilience – Voices from Jasper is a new installment of one of TRI’s signature programs, Stories of Resilience, designed to explore resilience in its many forms – personal, collective, and environmental. Phase I of Stories of Resilience – Voices from Jasper is creating a space for Jasper residents from diverse backgrounds to reflect […]

Partnering with Hinton – from Risk to Resilience

For over two years, we have been partnering with the Town of Hinton to address the pressing climate risks facing the community. Positioned between Jasper and Edson, two communities that have experienced significant environmental disasters in the past two years, Hinton is no stranger to the challenges of living in a landscape prone to climate-induced […]

Advancing the Global Goal on Adaptation

Summary by Laura S. Lynes COP29 –The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held from November 11-22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.  A relevant outcome to our work at The Resilience Institute was that Parties (countries) welcomed the work by the UNFCCC […]

Exciting Announcement from Minister Wilkinson on our Adaptation Initiative

Recently, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources announced our initiative, Expanding Understanding of Community-Relevant Climate Adaptation in Small, Rural and Indigenous Communities across Canada, as part of over $2.6 million in funding for the Canadian Prairies under the Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP). Read the announcement from Natural […]